Monday, 9 March 2009

It will be you one day. part 2

More activity pictures of what I got up to in the retirement home. This is the start of the Norwich Cathedral Lantern making. As you can see it did not require a table. I decided to use old electrical wire to join the old cane blind as this process has a bit of weaving in it which is easier then using masking tape and the heat of the home made the tape come off.

This is a painting done of Norwich. The painting was very big so everyone could work on it. They really enjoyed this one and new people to the home totally related to it and admired the picture. The self esteem of the people there lifted enormously after this was finished and the picture was talked about amongst the residence.

Flower pot painting. Also a winner and I took the pots round to every single person even the bed ridden to plant the magic sun flower seeds and bought a little watering can. They loved this one because they could smell the soil and get a little dirty and watch them grow. The plants grew inside till they were to tall to fit in the window then they were transplanted to big pots in the court yard. Then as the weather got warmer they took it in turns to water the plants. Walking outside sometimes was quite difficult when they have been indoors all winter. So I helped them make every step to the plants. After they had been out they looked like they had been for a walk on the beach all full of life and colour int here cheeks. The plants could be seen from there windows and grew so tall they could have been entered into the tallest sunflower competition.

Paper aeroplanes made for the 1940s party. Each one was cut out and coloured in and hung from the ceilings throughout the home.

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Eloise O'Hare

Tea lady

About me

Full time professional artist that is hard of hearing (deaf). Although recently had an operation that has considerably improved my hearing. Please get in contact with Gallery Norfolk, if you would like to buy any work or commission me to make some art.

2015 Paint Out Norwich Award winning Artist coming Third in the day times landscape events.

I work on large scale projects like Norwich Pride, Norwich Rising, festivals, volunteer and assistant at NNUH Hospital ArtsProject, acting and making films, Dandifest, general festivals etc. Also design, paint and make art. If you would like to buy my work please contact Gallery Norfolk in Cromer. My political cartoons have been published in VN magazine in Netherlands.

I also have been published in several books, magazines, lonely planets, BBC, ITV, RTE, FOX TV, Anglia TV, Mustard TV, Irish Feature Films, Australia independent films, UK independent films, Canadian feature films, and online websites, theatres. Have had been working and selling art for 47 years. I am from a long line of ancestor artists going a long way back as well as a large family of living artists that live in East Anglia and across the globe. I have studied in Dublin and further study at City College Norwich with Brenda and Mike. Then had the joy of studying at Great Yarmouth Art and Design college by the beach with a host of the very best artists and designers in Norfolk, specialising in illustration with the guidance of great POP artist Dudley Edwards. Going on to Bradford and Ikley Community art college where I specialised in print making and large sculptures. Heading down under and going on Australias first womens carpentry course meeting Kath Ellis and we went on to study the art of Bamboo through the community and built some monumental sculptures and buildings. We skill shared bamboo in Java with artists. I then went back to Dublin to perform and learn rod puppets under the guidence of the lambert family. Then back to Norwich City college to get up on computer skills and teacher training. In the past few years I have been a graphic reporter and covering meetings and events with on the spot sketches mostly covering the ABCD project. I have also taken up children's party portraits. I like to be outside to catch the rays so I am mostly plein air landscape painting or growing vegetables on my allotment.

If you would like me to be an artist my daily rate is £450. Day and evening £650 and day and night £1500 . These are based on official rates of pay for artists. I have a day and night rate because clients often want art work done for a tight deadline, which requires working day and night. I prefer if art time is spread over shorter shifts. Also materials and additional costs on top as well as travel and hotel expenses etc, and if paid art assistance is required a budget would be worked out.

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